Interview with Cornelius Wadsworth Grant, April 28, 2017

Collection: South Georgia Civil Rights Oral History Collections

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Description

Cornelius Wadsworth Grant was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1932. He attended FAMU College of Law after serving three years in the U.S. Army. Grant went on to teach at FAMU and Albany State. In this interview, he discusses the racial limitations he faced in Jacksonville before moving to Albany, his experiences near the end of the Albany Movement, and run-ins with influential members of the community.

Date

2017-04-28

Identifier

RBRL424SGCR-003

Coverage

Albany, Georgia

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Location

Albany, Georgia

Duration

84 minutes
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Citation

Cornelius Wadsworth Grant and James Wall, “Interview with Cornelius Wadsworth Grant, April 28, 2017,” UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories, accessed April 20, 2024, https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/RBRL424SGCR/RBRL424SGCR-003.

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